Andalucía – Granada

If all you do is visit the Alhambra in Granada, it will be well worth the trip to this beautiful city. That’s exactly what we did. (Not to say Granada doesn’t have more to see!) A little over an hour drive from Antequera, we did a single day trip to visit this popular tourist destination. […]

Andalucía – Antequera

Our kids joined us for their Christmas holiday break from college, and we had a couple of weeks of great family time and exploration. With a rental car and a laid-back vision in mind, we rented an AirBnB in the lovely traditional town of Antequera because it is very centrally located in the region of […]

In Love with Andalucía

Ok, so it’s official. We really love Spain. Madrid and Barcelona were already our two favorite cities in the world, but now after spending two months on land in Spain’s southern region of Andalucía, we can emphatically say we really love this part of the world. Each city will deservedly receive its own blog post, […]

Shout out to Licata

This should have been posted around November 13, 2023. Please see my recent Happy New Year post to explain the delay. We returned to Licata, Sicily many weeks ago to dock Sabática for the winter, and we easily settled back into familiar routines – visiting the marina office; exercising (kayaking, walking); socializing (happy hours, BBQs); […]

Social Butterflies

Happy New Year! Typically, one would be looking ahead and setting goals and such for the new year. However, before I can do that, I need to look back a bit and catch up. Where have the last 2 1/2 months gone?! I’ve been quite remiss in posting, and for that I’m sorry. Ever since […]

And the Award goes to…

What a season we had this year with plans that worked, plans that didn’t, and the pleasure of having so many family and friends aboard. I thought a fun way to review the season would be to announce various awards that everyone and every place deserved. Ready? Drum roll, please… Countries Visited: Croatia wins for […]

What is Home?

Have you ever really thought to answer the question “What is Home?” I don’t think I had really thought a lot about it until last winter when we left Sabática docked in Sicily and started traveling to visit family, friends and different places. Nowhere felt like “home” anymore. We were truly nomads, so I started […]

Covering a lot of Ground

We collected a second group of Rory’s friends in Montenegro. Another great group of young adults – Julia, Maya and Will. They were able to spend a fabulous day at the beach, then visit Kotor and Tivat. At that point, Sabática was ready to begin her journey south then west to reach her resting spot […]

Will they make it?

Four college students onboard. One airport far from the boat. One crazy bora wind in the way. One determined skipper. Will they make it…?? After anchoring for the better part of a week in stormy Cavtat, Sabática was ready to move. Her hot water was long gone, and our holding tank was full. So, we […]

Freedom and Photos

For the past three weeks, we’ve been leisurely enjoying southern Croatia. It’s been a rare time in which we actually feel like typical cruisers, with nowhere we have to be at any particular time (other than to return Laura to the Dubrovnik airport). Normally, we have a very purposefully planned route as we are collecting […]